The Sunday Post Pass it on: Household Tips from the 1950s - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1845356608 ISBN 13 : 9781845356606

Editeur : D.C.Thomson & Co Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

Pass it On, Household Tips From The 1950s, is full of everlasting wisdom and homely nostalgia. It is the biggest and best collection of tips for living that has ever been published. Written for anyone who grew up in the 1950s or 60s and remembers the troubles that had to be faced and the remedies that were found. This book is a piece of social history, an amazing record of life experiences that will reconnect you with the good old days. How do you get furniture dents out of a carpet? Or beetroot stains out of a table cloth? How do you dust behind an immovable wardrobe? How do you keep midges away? How do keep veg fresh if you haven't got a fridge? How do you keep your silverware from tarnishing? Or your teapot fresh if it isn't in daily use? There are more than 1250 incredible tips from the readers of The Sunday Post who were bursting with pride for their thrifty, inventive, wise tricks for running a respectable household. You can hear their voices echo down the decades. It is your mother speaking. These are the generations of hard-working, proud housewives (and some husbands) who knew the best way to shine shoes, stop doors rattling in a draught and keep their family safe, warm, clothed and fed. Even now, you need to know the best way to use a hot water bottle in bed. Or how to quickly cope with spilled water. How to prevent yourself slipping on icy pavements. How to make clothes pegs last longer. How to stop flies coming into your house. How to stop a boiling pot steaming up the kitchen. It is all here.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Steve Finan served 40 years as a Scottish journalist, and in that time made himself an expert on all newspaper content stretching back over the past century. His books reflect the social history of the 1940s to 1970s, telling the stories of ordinary people as they could be seen between the lines when they interacted with newspapers. They wrote to newspaper doctors with health problems, they swapped cooking, cleaning and household tips with each other. They complained, they laughed, they fell out (and the police were called), and they loved a thrifty bargain. They went to the football and rugby, and commiserated and exulted together. Steve's books are shamelessly nostalgic, providing an education for those who don't remember the 1950s and 60s, fond memories for those who do remember, and a thousand talking points to help young and old understand each other s worlds. In the process, Steve has created books full of old-fashioned, home-spun wisdom how to get stains out of tablecloths, how to make good broth, what to do when a wasp stings. Steve is also the author of the bestselling In The Black & White Era library of Scottish sports books, which bring to light images of football, footballers and football grounds that have lain in old newspaper and magazine archives for years. He also writes a weekly newspaper column In Defence of the English Language, fighting the good fight for proper punctuation, gracious grammar, and correct spelling.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: D.C.Thomson & Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845356608
• ISBN 13: 9781845356606
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Éditeur: Finan Steve
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible